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Chamber and committees

Meeting of the Parliament

Meeting date: Wednesday, December 7, 2011


Contents


Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill

The Presiding Officer (Tricia Marwick)

The next item of business is consideration of motion S4M-01510, in the name of Kenny MacAskill, on the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, which is United Kingdom legislation.

Motion moved,

That the Parliament agrees that the relevant provisions of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill, introduced in the House of Commons on 21 June 2011, relating to Council Framework Decision 2008/909/JHA on prisoner transfer, so far as these matters fall within the legislative competence of the Scottish Parliament, should be considered by the UK Parliament.—[Kenny MacAskill.]

The question on the motion will be put at decision time.